The theory of relativity worked out by Mr. Einstein, which is in the domain of natural science, I believe can also be applied to the political field. Both democracy and human rights are relative concepts - and not absolute and general.

The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.

It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are stronger than that. We share democracy, free markets and a commitment to Western security. We differ on how to guarantee that security.

I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world.

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.

A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together.

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.

When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders - to decide to send our kids to go off and kill and die for us.

But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.